Field Notes

A collection of observations on real estate, development, business, hospitality, investing, and long term value creation. Drawn from firsthand experience.

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What I’m Seeing in Phoenix, Scottsdale & Los Cabos
Inventory is up and days on market are longer. Read carefully, that is a functioning market rather than a failing one.
Derrick Grahn · June 6, 2026 · 4 min read
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Why AI Has Strengthened My Conviction in Real Assets
Every week brings another prediction about which jobs disappear. The more useful question runs the other way.
Derrick Grahn · May 24, 2026 · 2 min read

What I’m Seeing in Phoenix, Scottsdale & Los Cabos

Why AI Has Strengthened My Conviction in Real Assets